The Portland daily press., 1887-09-16
6AsE BALL,
New England League
LowELLs, Z; PoRrLANDs, IA PROTESTED
GAME.

LowELLs, Z; PoRrLANDs. Ia PROTESTED
GAME.
The Portlands couldn't bat Burke, and the
Lowells found but little trouble in hitting
Shaws delivery-thats how the LOwelIs
happened TO win yesterday. How the score
happened to be what 1t was is another thing.
Umpire Callahan gave one of the worst ex.
hibitions of umpiring ever seen on the
grounds, and his rank decisions cut the Port.
lands out OF several chances to make runs.
The game was an illegal game and was
played under protest by Manager Spence,
the principal point being this: The batting
order as handed in by Manager McGunnigie
had the names burns or Sullivan on 1t for
pitchers, ana j. Sullivan for catcher. When
the Lowells went into the field Burke and
Murphy went in as the battery. and neither
Of the three players above mentioned par
ticipated. Captain Andrus remon strated
ana called the umpire's attention to the score
card, but McGunnigle put in an excuse that
all three men were sick and the umpire swal-
lowed II. This was clearly an illegal action
on McGunnigle's part as all three men were
on the grounds, and two of them were in
uniform, and the excuse that they were sick
was too thin. The league directors will
have TO settle the matter, and also one or
@ two other points regarding the game. In
Dail squareiy In the leg, but the umpire
would not allow him to take his base, making
his refusal on the grounds that AndruS
struck at the ball. The fact that he struck
at the ball made no difference, whatever. as
the rule reads that baseman becomes base
runner III, while he is a batsman, his person
or clothing be hit by ball from the pitcher,
unless-ln the opinion of the umpire-he in
tentionally permits himself to be so hit
There is not word that says the batsman
seall not take his base if he strikes at the
ball. The decision not only gave good
grounds for a protest but showed plainly
that the umpire had been getting informa-
tion from other sources than the rules. In a
recent interview Anson of the Chicagos, who
was one Of the principal movers in the
changes of the rules last winter, stated to a
reporter that this rule would be one of sew
eral that would probably be changed next
winter. He said that when a pitcher so
fooled batsman that he struck at ball that
afterwards hits his person, that he should
not be made to suffer for it. But the fact
that he thought 1t needed changing shows
plainly how ADs0n, who was one of the au-
thors Of it. interprets the rule as it now
stands. This is only one of many bad occa-
sions that Callahan made, and besides that
his appearance on the field was bad. He
had no backbone" at all and allowed Nc
Gunnigle and Cudw0rth to twist him around
as they pleased. We will say, however, that
for all the umpire was with them, the Low
ellis didn't seem to need his help to win the
ganie, but that the Portlands. should have
had more runs was apparent to all present
The LowellS scored two runs in the first
inning on three hits put out steal and err
r0r, and one in the third on a couple Of hits
and aput out. Three were added in the
fourth on three hits. balk, wild pitch and
steal, and one in the seventh on triple and
single. The Portlands scored their only run
in the sixth, when Andrus hit safe, took see
ond on Cudworth's tumble, went to third on
Diekerson's put out, and scored on a tumble
by Kennedy of Hatfeld's grounder.
The audience was noisy, but it is to their
credit that they allowed McGunnigle and
Cudworth's impudent remarks and the mis-
cradle and agravating exhibition by Callahan
to go by without doing anything more than
make noise. As the umpire was leaving
the grounds a cushion was thrown towards
him. but the fellow who was supposed to
have thrown It was Immediately taken in
charge by the officers.
The L0wells played for all they were
worth. They batted well, felded sharply,
and put vim and energy into their play.
They got such good start in the first inning
that 1t seemed to put life into them, and they
kept the ball flying. In the face of such
hard batting the Portlands also fielded well,
but the fact that they had many more balls
to chase and field than the Lowells. coupled
with the fact that they were completely
puzzled by Burke's pitching put them rath-
er in the shade beside their opponents.
Following Is the score: